In the evening he sat with her while the two old men played their game of chess.

Regularly every evening at half-past nine the Bengalee checkmated Mr.Emblem.Up to that hour he amused himself with his opponent, formed ingenious combinations, watched openings, and gradually cleared the board until he found himself as the hour of half-past nine drew near, able to propose a simple problem to his own mind, such as, "White moves first, to mate in three, four, or five moves," and then he proceeded to solve that problem, and checkmated his adversary.
No one, not even Iris, knew how Lala Roy lived, or what he did in the daytime.

It was rumored that he had been seen at Simpson's in the Strand, but this report wanted confirmation.

He had lived in Mr.
Emblem's second floor for twenty years; he always paid his bills with regularity, and his long spare figure and white mustache and fez were as well known in Chelsea as any red-coated lounger among the old veterans of the Hospital.
"It is quiet for you in the evenings," said Arnold.
"I play to them sometimes.

They like to hear me play during the game.
Look at them." She sat down and played.